The origins of speechBITE

speechBITE is modeled upon the highly successful PsycBITE, which in turn, was based in part upon PEDro, an evidence-based practice database for physiotherapists. PsycBITE is a freely available established database of psychologically based therapies for acquired brain injury rehabilitation which was launched in July 2004. PsycBITE contributed 455 treatment studies on acquired communication disorders and also generously provided the PEDro rating scores for 54 randomised and non-randomised controlled trials for use on the speechBITE website.

Professor Leanne Togher is a founding member of the PsycBITE committee, which is led by Professor Robyn Tate in collaboration with Professor Skye McDonald and Dr Michael Perdices.

In 2006, Professor Leanne Togher successfully approached Speech Pathology Australia to provide seeding funds for a new database for speech pathologists called speechBITE.

The speechBITE advisory committee was established at The University of Sydney consisting of:

Professor Leanne Togher
Project Leader
Senior NHMRC Research Fellow
The University of Sydney

Kate Smith
speechBITE Project Manager
The University of Sydney

Dr Emma Power
The University of Sydney

Dr Tricia McCabe
The University of Sydney

Dr Natalie Munro
The University of Sydney

Elizabeth Murray
The University of Sydney

Melissa Brunner
speechBITE Ratings Network Manager
The University of Sydney

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